Australia: The Rising Tide of Protest

With Real Rukshan, TOTT News, Reignite Democracy Australia, Melbourne Ground, Turning Point, Hold the Line and others.

One thing is for sure: Australians have had enough.

Here is a selection of links, videos and stills from the weekend.

While crowd numbers are notoriously difficult to estimate organisers across the country claimed numbers in the thousands, even in a far flung town like Mackay in Queensland; along with hundreds of thousands in the nation’s capitals.

Even the traditionally hostile mainstream media acknowledges protestors in the tens of thousands; despite dismal weather across across much of the eastern seaboard.

20 November, 2021 will go down as the date for some of the largest scenes of mass protest ever witnessed in Australia.

To be blunt, it takes a lot to get Australians out into the streets. Some of the world’s most over-the-top draconian enforcement of Covid regulations has provoked a major and perhaps predictable backlash as millions have seen and indeed continue to see their lives disrupted or destroyed by the nation’s out of control authorities.

REAL RUKSHAN: MELBOURNE

More than two hours of live stream can be seen here.

TOTT NEWS: BRISBANE

TOTT Commentary:

Without a doubt, the largest protest we ever seen in Brisbane over 10 years of covering rallies.

Perhaps only comparable to marches against the Iraq War in 2003.

Organisers say over 100,000 people attended, and it is hard to argue.

It was also hard to do the crowd justice — impossible to get the whole group in the park or on the march (as they wrapped around multiple streets).

Still people to the left AND behind in this clip. You couldn’t move to spin around.

What an atmosphere!

REIGNITE DEMOCRACY AUSTRALIA

TO SEE THEIR FULL COVERAGE ON THEIR TELEGRAM CHANNEL GO HERE.

Sydney. Image Courtesy Reignite Democracy.

TURNING POINT AUSTRALIA

Sydney Protests. Image Courtesy Turning Point. Basic message of this speaker: We are all Born Free Under God. To see a one hour stream go here.

MELBOURNE GROUND

TRUE ARROW

Earlier in the week: Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews requires extensive protection to attend a State Funeral. “The most hated person.” True Arrow commentary: While protestors now occupy the front of Parliament House in Melbourne, all day, every day, Dan Andrews is protected from the general public with large security resources to leave a funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and travel 200 metres back to Parliament House. This will likely be his ‘new normal’ from here out.